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Noriko Null was a seemingly ordinary Asian-American teen, until the goddess Athena decided to make her Earth's first line of defense against the impossible.
Now armed only with superhuman intelligence and instant access to all of humanity's knowledge, Noriko will have to solve the world's problems, face the secrets behind her transformation, and fight Greek gods in space in her spare time.
Will the world's smartest girl be able to defeat the all-powerful gods?

Beyond The Impossible

Null Tower has been a permanent construction site for weeks now. Every day there's something new to replace or update, to the point that it doesn't resemble the original building anymore.


Today there's quite a crowd to watch the helicopters delivering the pieces that will become the massive Ø symbol that will identify the tower from any point in the city.


Vesta is watching from afar, sitting barefoot on a crane two blocks away.


Quantum appears in the blink of an eye, sitting next to her. She's starting to be used to his sudden appearances.


<Hey. I thought you'd be working today> he greets her.

<It's not "a big zero", it's the symbol of a null set.>

<Sshh! I'm Quantum, when I wear the mask!> he answers with a whispering voice.

<Max, we're four hundred feet in the air. I think your secret identity is safe.>

<Right. To answer your question, I'm eating. Cheeseburger?> he offers, recovering his lunch from a fast food bag.

<It's awful, yeah> he answers, taking a big bite and then talking with his mouth full <But it's the best I can afford now.>

<Doesn't Noriko pay you enough to buy a decent meal?>

<That's beside the point. However I do have enough money to pay for a decent dinner. How about Paris? We can be there in five minutes, you know.>

<Oh, it's not the same now that they've built that horrible tower.>

Vesta looks at Max with an innocently puzzled face. Then it hits her.


<Well, uhm, that's very sweet, I guess, but I don't date mortals.>

Now it's Max's turn to look at her like she just landed from Mars. Vesta's face becomes so red that Max fears it's going to burst into flames again.


<Man, you really suck at this, don't you?>

<I've been single for hundreds of thousands of years, what d'you think?>

A few moments of awkward silence pass, while Max keeps chewing his lunch.


<Thanks. My family has some pretty amazing genes.>

<Holy…wait a second. I flunked history at school, but even I know that Greeks weren't around at the time!>

<Whoa. You mean other gods are real too!?>

<Uhm, yeah, a few. Some of them were around before grandma Gaea discovered Earth.>

Vesta sighs, whishing she'd kept her mouth shut. Why does EVERYONE living in the last two thousand years have the same question!?


<No, I haven't met Jesus. I lived on the other side of the planet at the time and didn't hear about him for like a hundred years anyway. As far as I know only what you'd call Greek, Egyptian and Sumerian gods are real.>

<Afraid so> she answers, gently smiling. Apparently Max has different priorities than most mortals.

<It's not fair. Would've been cool to meet Thor. Not that there's anything wrong with Greek gods, mind you, but c'mon. Thor!>

A few seconds of silence follow, while Max finishes his lunch and Vesta admires the city; she really can't get enough of the view. Then she asks:


<She's cute, I guess, but way too young for me.>

<Why? She's a genius millionaire. And if you didn't catch her saying it a billion times, she knows everything.>

<I'm just not sure a young girl can carry such weight.>

<C'mon, Vesta, I was there too. We tried everything and we barely slowed it down.>

Vesta opens her mouth to answer, but hesitates. Her face turns deep red.


she mumbles, embarrassed.

The goddess and the hero look at each other. Then look around, as if to make absolutely sure nobody is listening to them.


<Let's keep that to ourselves> Max suggests.

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